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Countdown to Thanksgiving 11-4

Pilgrim Hat Centerpiece

Filled with potted mums or other fall flowers, this fun centerpiece will top off your Thanksgiving table in fitting fashion.

What you'll need

Black felt, square yard

Terra-cotta pot

Permanent red marker

Black poster board

Carpet tape

Yellow poster board

How to make it

Tape
a square yard of black felt to your work surface and set a terra-cotta
pot (ours is 7 inches tall and 7 1/2 inches across) on its side at one
edge of the felt, as shown. Roll the pot, tracing along the top and
bottom edges with a permanent red marker as you go, then cut out the
felt arc.

Next,
cut two 15-inch circles, one from black poster board, the other from
the remaining black felt. Set the pot upside down in the center of the
poster board circle, trace around its rim, then cut out the inner circle
to create a large ring. Now trace the rim of the pot in the center of
the felt circle and cut an asterisk in the center, as specified.

Tape
the felt circle atop the poster board ring. Set the bottom of the pot
on the asterisk and slide the brim up to the rim of the pot. Attach
strips of carpet tape to the outside of the pot, then tape one end of
the felt arc to the side and wrap the arc around the pot, sticking it to
the tape.

Trim away any excess felt. For the finishing touch, tape on a buckle cut from yellow poster board.

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